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@Hitch lLetterePatentV 1Y0.. 75,626, dated l:Zl'cn'et 1T, 1868.`

IMPROVEMENT 1N' FIXED-Annuinrion not-Dees Vron CARTRIDGE-BOXES.

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'- .Beit 1 nownthat.I,'JoHN WnissTn C ocnnAN, f the city, county, `and State of NewYork, have inventedv 'a new and useful Improvement in Frames for Cartridge-Boites; endl do hereby dec-lare that the following is a. full, clear, and exact description of the seme, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, :linking a portionof thisspecitioation, in which Y y l i Figure 1 is a verticaltransvverse section of afranieof a cartridge-box made according to my invention. 'Figure E?. is an internal view 'of one of the sides 'of-the some. Y `f Figure 3 'is an internal vier; of the opposite' side thereof.

Similar letters of reference indica-te corresponding parts in Iell theiigures, l

VThis invention is designed for carrying' the,eso-calledinetallicI cnrtridges,` end its object is Vto provide a frame for cortridgeboxes, in which the crtridgeswill bcsecurely'reteined-in 'place without deluge!" of being brought in contacter ia-mined against each other, and Whiclrwilll alsofpermit lthe convenient insertion of fthe cartridges therein, orbremoval of 'the same therefrom. i Y I vThe invention consists in tivo recessed plates, oneorvboth ofwhich ere formed of India rubbero rfother4 like elastic material, so combi edlnith a suitable,supporting-fremdes-to'jholdQor suspend the ccrtiidges at their cnds and independently-roteabh1' other, therebyf'eectullysecuringthe desiredresult'. l l i Y. y

To enable others to 'understand theinotureand' fcon'str'uction.of4 myinvention, I will proceed `to describe it with reference to the drawings.A ii i l` I 'l i i Y A. represents arectangullar frame, designed, vvheninfuse, tb be tted'or plecedwithinithe .cnrtridge-bort inV the ordinary'or in any suitable, manner, `and Whicl'i-funny 'be :of wood'oother appropriate material. lThe twov sides oi'- the boxurev shown, respectively, et Ait-"Bgendthe f,-md,pret'erably, with holes, 21,"as indicated in fig. 1, the said holesa .being arranged inlongituflinal seesQonejseries above .the'othen A tteched inA any suitable wey upon th/e'in'ternl' surface of-.the side, A is;afplate,lf=B,-Nyvhich'is re'ce'ssednt its innei` side,l or, rather, provided with cup-shaped-portions, b, which extend,baliintothe-hcles ein the side, A"i and which receive .the'jpointed,orbulletfends of the cartridges, as hereinafter'fully set'foth. Secured in like manner to the inner snrdce of the other side, 3*, of the `fran'ie'A, and forinzedprefernlbly, Vof the 'same or likel'material,

`is an elastic plater,'C, in theV inter-nelsurface'` fv'vhicli vare provided oircularzrecesses, ic, formed .with fiat bottoms,

l as shown in fig-1, and corresponding iti tdiennemi' 'to thevdiaineters'l'otlthe1anged o i'butt-ends, which they are (dcsig'ncd'to receive, of the curtridgesfthe,ldeptliofthe said' recesses c beingi'equaltozor slightlygreater than thethicline'ss'of Hongos'of'the-cartridges;4 The recesses Lc. ext-Placed 'Limnoediatelyfopposite the cavities or In ord-onto lace orinsertf-the cartridoesin the-frame v'each of the cartrid esf'of-'yvhichone is shown et P Y c I v g i in iigJ 1, is token singly, audits-pointed or bullet-end is fitted and pressedl into therecesspor cavity of one of the cup-shaped portions b of the ploteB--rvith suche. degree offorcev as to cause suclrportion to yield suiiiciently to permit the butt-end of the cartridge to be pressed downward' to the opposite recess,`fr, in the plate C, Where upon theelasticity of :the aforesaid cup-shaped portion b forces the butt or anged-end of the ccr'trdge'into the recesso, just mentioned, so that, Vthe pointed end of the cartridge being held in the recess of such portion. Zi, while its butt-end is h eld inthe recess c,- as shown in iig. 1, it is firmly retained in place. The cartridges mcy bre thus `arranged in positionsparallel With-- eachother, 'with' a slight space between them, and are, by vthis means,`

prevented-from coming forcibly 4in-contafct with each other, and fronti-ly jamming or lying loose in the frame, :the cartridges being, furthermore, SOsituaLtedjthat they may be very conveniently grasped with theA finger`s,und removed from the freine. i l t i It' desired, the `plete vC, instead of being made of elastic material, asdescribed, may beef 'woodfor other hard substance, and,; if thought proper,.I Iray beform'ed in one4 piece with the side, Bi?, of the frame, a. slightly increased degreefot elasticity being required in theplate B when the plate C is thus made of hair-d material.

Furthermore, it is possible, by making the'plate B of sui'licient thickness, to dispense -jvith the holes a in the i plate-Atl, 'inwhich ense the convex form oi' t11e`bncks of the cup-shoped portions Z1, hereinbefore described,

will-be dispensediwith, the purpose of such lportions b being ser/vcd by cup-sbopedVrccessesniorrned in theinner surfaeo of the plate A*, and receiving-the pointed ends of theca'rtzji'dges in the same manner as h erenbefore described.

What I clai as my invention, and desireto Vsecure by"Lettes Patent, is

The plates A* B*, recessed a described, in combination with the frame A, 'substantially as and for the purpose specied.

J. W. COCHRAN.

Witnesses:

J. W. CooMBs, A. LE CLEBU. 

